Non-Abelian Vortices and Their Non-equilibrium Michikazu Kobayashi a University of Tokyo November 18th, 2011 at Keio University 2 nd Workshop on Quarks and Hadrons under Extreme Conditions - Lattice QCD, Holography, Topology, and Physics at RHIC / LHC -
Special Thanks to Condensed matter system & Bose-Einstein condensate Shingo Kobayashi (University of Tokyo) Yuki Kawaguchi (University of Tokyo) Masahito Ueda (University of Tokyo) Cosmology Shun Uchino (Kyoto University) Muneto Nitta (Keio University) Statistical physics Shin-ichiichi Sasa (University of Tokyo) Leticia F. Cugliandolo (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
Contents ts 1. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates 2. Non-Abelian Vortex in BEC with Spin 3. Collision o Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices 4. Non-equilibrium dynamics of Non-Abelian Defects 5. Summary
Contents ts 1. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates 2. Non-Abelian Vortex in BEC with Spin 3. Collision o Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices 4. Non-equilibrium dynamics of Non-Abelian Defects 5. Summary
Ultracold Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensate Dilute alkali li atomic BEC has been succeeded in 1997 Laser cooling Trap of atoms 87 Rb, 23 Na, 7 Li, 1 H, 85 Rb, 41 K, 4 He, 133 Cs, 174 Yb, 52 Cr, 40 Ca, 84 Sr, 164 Dy Evaporative cooling
Atomic Bose-Einstein ste Condensate BEC of 87 87 Rb 4 10-7 K 2 10-7 K 1 1010-7 K
Bose-Einstein ste Condensation o Essence of BEC : Broken U(1) - gauge symmetry y(x)= )= y(x) ) exp[ij(x)] : j(x) ) is fixed broken U(1) - gauge symmetry
Vortex ote in BEC Phase j of the wave function shifts by 2pm (m : integer) around the vortex core where the wave function vanishes : y =0 as a topological defect. Quantized vortex for m = +1 n c Each vortex can be characterized by m (additive group of integers) -p p j
Experimental e Observation of Vortices Vortex lattice and its formation in 87 Rb BEC Numerical simulation K. W. Madison et al. PRL 86, 4443 (2001) -p j p
Contents ts 1. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates 2. Non-Abelian Vortex in BEC with Spin 3. Collision o Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices 4. Non-equilibrium dynamics of Non-Abelian Defects 5. Summary
Spinor Bose-Einstein ste Condensate There are two ways to trap BECs : magnetic trap and laser trap magnetic trap : spin degrees of freedom is frozen scalar BEC laser trap : spin degrees of freedom is alive spinor BEC Hyperfine interaction between electron spin and orbital and nuclear spin cannot be negligible for cold atoms 87 Hyperfine spin : F = I + S + L Rb, 23 Na, F=1, 2 7 Li, I : nuclear spin 41 K 85 S : electron spin Rb F=2, 3 133 L : electron orbital Cs F=3, 4 52 Cr F=33
Spinor Bose-Einstein ste Condensate For 87 Rb (I = 3/2, S = 1/2, L = 0) F = 1 or 2 Multi-component BEC characterized by the quantum number m Spin 1 : 3-component BEC y = (y 1, y 0, y -1 ) Spin 2 : 5-component BEC y = (y 2, y 1, y 0, y -1, y -2 ) Field gradient 0-1 0 1
Effective Hamiltonian for BEC As well as U(1) gauge symmetry, SO(3) spin rotational symmetry is also broken : G @U(1) (1) SO(3) (3) Remaining symmetry H can be (non-abelian) subgroup of SO(3) p 1 [G/H ] can be non-abelian non-abelian vortex appears
Spin-2 BEC Uniaxial Nematic: Cyclic: H @D Abelian vortex Biaxial i Nematic: 87 Rb H @T non-abelian vortex Ferromagnetic: H @D 4 H @U(1) 2 non-abelian vortex Abelian vortex A. Widera et al. NJP 8, 152 (2006)
Symmetry y of cyclic c state Spin rotations keeping cyclic state invariant form a non Abelian tetrahedral symmetry
Vortices in cyclic state 1/2 spin vortex 1/3 vortex π 2p/3
Interaction between ee two parallel a vortices Energetically obtained interaction between two parallel vortices There is also topological interaction between vortices
Contents ts 1. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates 2. Non-Abelian Vortex in BEC with Spin 3. Collision o Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices 4. Non-equilibrium dynamics of Non-Abelian Defects 5. Summary
Collision Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices Non Non-Abelian property becomes outstanding for collision dynamics of vortices Simulation of Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) Initial state : two straight vortices & two linked vortices MK, Y. Kawaguchi, M, Nitta, and M. Ueda, PRL 103, 115301(2009).
Collision o dynamics of vortices Commutative pair Non-commutative pair
Collision o dynamics of vortices Commutative pair Non-commutative pair
Biaxial a nematic atc state at finite temperature e H @D 4 With stochastic GPE (SGPE) For commutative vortices T = 0.2 T c T = 0.01 T c
Biaxial a nematic atc state at finite temperature e H @D 4 For non-commutative vortices
Contents ts 1. Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates 2. Non-Abelian Vortex in BEC with Spin 3. Collision o Dynamics of Non-Abelian Vortices 4. Non-equilibrium dynamics of Non-Abelian Defects 5. Summary
Non-equilibrium Dynamics of non-abelian Vortices Abelian vortices Cascade of vortices non-abelian vortices Large-scale networking structures Different non-equilibrium behavior is expected
Equilibrium u property Being independent of whether vortices are Abelian or non- Abelian, system shows the 2 nd ordered phase transition Cyclic case
Critical tca exponent e Difference of the critical exponent shows the difference of topology of the order parameter
Phase-ordering ode gdy dynamics Rapid temperature quench from T =2T c to T 0 Scalar Cyclic Biaxial nematic
Phase-ordering ode gdy dynamics Density of vortex line length r µt - 1 : Universal behavior for phase- ordering with Abelian vortices Decay becomes slower for non-abelian vortices : r µt -2/3
Phase-ordering ode gdy dynamics Slower dynamics has also been observed for phase ordering of conserved Ising model : ás ñ=0 (total magnetization is fixed to 0) Decay of domain wall becomes slower in the phase ordering than that in non-conserved Ising model. Conserved value in this case : linking number
Phase-ordering ode gdy dynamics Conserved value in this case : linking number Non-commutative vortices cannot pass through each other, behaving like substantial string Linking number of vortices are conserved
Final State Sometimes, dynamics stops with finite number of vortices, never relaxing to equilibrium state Cyclic Biaxial nematic
Final State Probability for appearing non-equilibrium final state Cyclic:~10% Biaxial nematic:~50% Probability depends on the topology (the number of conjugacy class?)
Non-Abelian Cosmic Strings Similar behavior has been reported in the context of cosmic string Networking structure of non-abelian cosmic strings are predicted P. McGraw, PRD 57,, 3317 (1998)
Quantum turbulence Starting from large-scale vortex loops Cascade of large to smaller vortices : turbulence Turbulence of scalar BEC : In large scales, the Kolmogorov spectrum (spectrum in classical turbulence) has been confirmed. MK and M. Tsubota, PRL 94, 065302 (2005)
Quantum turbulence Turbulent behavior is strongly affected by topology
Quantum turbulence
Summary 1. Non-Abelian defects can be realized vortices in BEC with spin degrees of freedom 2. Collision of two defects are completely different between Abelian and non-abelian vortices (creation of new defect bridging colliding defects) 3. Non-Abelian vortices also change various kind of dynamical behavior (especially makes dynamics slower due to tangling of vortices)